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List Of Flight Members ...
Alpha Flight members are fictional comic book characters in the Marvel Comics universe, featured mainly in the ''Alpha Flight'' series. In the comics, the Flight teams were created by Department H and tasked with protecting Canada. The Alpha Flight Alpha Flight Original Recruits Re-formed (Volume 2) Re-formed (Volume 3) Alpha Flight temporal copies Beta Flight Gamma Flight Omega Flight References {{DEFAULTSORT:Flight members Lists of Marvel Comics characters by organization Members Member may refer to: * Military jury, referred to as "Members" in military jargon * Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set * In object-oriented programming, a member of a class ** Field (computer science), entries in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fictional Character
In fiction, a character (or speaker, in poetry) is a person or other being in a narrative (such as a novel, play, radio or television series, music, film, or video game). The character may be entirely fictional or based on a real-life person, in which case the distinction of a "fictional" versus "real" character may be made. Derived from the Ancient Greek word , the English word dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in '' Tom Jones'' by Henry Fielding in 1749. From this, the sense of "a part played by an actor" developed.Harrison (1998, 51-2) quotation: (Before this development, the term ''dramatis personae'', naturalized in English from Latin and meaning "masks of the drama," encapsulated the notion of characters from the literal aspect of masks.) Character, particularly when enacted by an actor in the theatre or cinema, involves "the illusion of being a human person". In literature, characters guide readers through their stories, hel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aurora (comics)
Aurora (french: Aurore) (Jeanne-Marie Beaubier) is a fictional character, a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Chris Claremont and John Byrne, the character first appeared in ''The Uncanny X-Men'' #120 (April 1979) as a member of the Canadian superhero team, Alpha Flight. Aurora is the twin sister of Northstar and the former lover of Sasquatch and Wild Child. The character struggled with a dissociative identity disorder for years leading to two distinctive personalities: the quiet, religious Jeanne-Marie and the outgoing, heroic, uninhibited Aurora. Aurora and Northstar worked together for years as part of Alpha Flight, including dealing with Beaubier's struggles with her personality disorders. She was briefly a member of the X-Men and also participated in the Weapon X program in an attempt to gain control of her splintered personalities. During the ''Chaos War'' storyline, Aurora, alongside Northstar, Sasquatch, and Snowbird are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wyre (comics)
Wild Child (Kyle Gibney) alternately spelled Wildchild and also known as Weapon Omega and Wildheart, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character has been depicted as both a superhero and a supervillain, and as a member of Alpha Flight, X-Factor and Weapon X. Publication history He was created by John Byrne and appeared in a cameo appearance in ''Alpha Flight'' #1 (Aug 1983), but he did not appear in full until ''Alpha Flight'' #11. Fictional character biography Kyle Gibney is a mutant who manifested a feral mutation during puberty; this mutation granted him enhanced physical abilities and an increased rate of regeneration. He also suffered from a bestial freakish appearance, which prompted his parents to throw him out of their house. Living on the streets, he was kidnapped by the conspiratorial Secret Empire and subjected to mind- and body-altering experiments. The experiments had the consequence of making him psycholo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nemesis (Alpha Flight)
Nemesis is the name of three fictional superheroines appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. All three women have encountered the superhero team Alpha Flight team, and wore the same black and red costume, carried a mystical sword, and were capable of flight. Isabel St. Ives Nemesis (Isabel St. Ives) first appeared in ''Alpha Flight'' #8, and was created by John Byrne. Fictional character biography Isabel St. Ives was the daughter of "Deadly" Ernest St. Ives, and used a magical sword "scarcely an atom's width thick," allegedly the only weapon capable of killing her father, to assist the Canadian superheroes Northstar and Aurora in combat with him.''Alpha Flight'' #8 Although she apparently killed Deadly Ernest, he did return. There, the Flight member Puck used Nemesis's sword to fatally wound her father, who was then knocked in front of an oncoming subway train and apparently killed. Nemesis then explained to the heroes her relation to the villain and disin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windshear (comics)
Dorothy Walker Dorothy Walker is a fictional character in Marvel Comics. She was created by Stuart Little and Ruth Atkinson and first appeared in ''Miss America Magazine'' #2 (November 1944). She was reintroduced in '' The Defenders'' #89 (November 1980) by David Michelinie and Mike Harris as a radical departure from her initial conception. Dorothy Walker was introduced as Betty Walker, the typical doting mother of Patsy Walker. This existence was revealed to have been a comic book written by Dorothy and loosely inspired by the teenage Patsy's life. Because of this Patsy was cared for by their housekeeper Dolly Donahue. While Dorothy bathed in the success of her comic, Patsy loathed it and their relationship was heavily strained. When she divorced her husband, Joshua, she got custody of Patsy and her brother Mickey due to her wealth. Dorothy did not approve of Patsy's marriage to Buzz Baxter and when the two ended up divorcing, Dorothy lost contact with her daughter. Years late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diamond Lil (Marvel Comics)
Dagger Dagoth Dagoth is a demon who has clashed with Doctor Strange. Daken Dakimh the Enchanter Damballah Daniel Whitehall Daniel Whitehall is a British intelligence agent also known as the Kraken. An elite assassin and member of the terrorist organization Hydra also used the name and debuted in ''Secret Warriors'' #2 (March 2009). Writer/artist Jonathan Hickman stated in an interview with Comic Book Resources that "Kraken" is a new character. The other Hydra character with that name ommander Krakenwas "a real b-list character and pretty lame. Our Kraken... has a long and elaborate history and we're going to be delving into that in a major way". Kraken is a legendary Hydra agent, whose existence had been unverifiable, until recently. Any S.H.I.E.L.D. agents that tried to find documented proof all disappeared. The Kraken preferred to work behind the scenes, seeing it as his mission to help people become what they are meant to be, usually with dangerous results. For deca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madison Jeffries
Madison Jeffries is a fictional mutant superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is depicted as having the ability to reshape plastic, metal, and glass to any shape desired. He also has the technopathic ability to mentally communicate with A.I., such as machines and robots. Madison Jeffries is the brother of Scramble. Publication history Madison Jeffries first appeared in ''Alpha Flight'' #16 (Nov. 1984), and was created by John Byrne. Fictional character biography Military service and Department H As a young man, Madison Jeffries volunteered to enlist as a soldier in Vietnam alongside his younger brother Lionel. While Madison preferred not to use his mutant abilities to restructure metal, glass, and plastic, Lionel used his abilities to reshape organic materials to heal wounded soldiers. However, when Lionel attempted to use his powers to revive dead soldiers with grotesque results, he went insane, and Madison was forced to use his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Box (comics)
Box (Roger Bochs) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, specifically ''Alpha Flight'', of which Box was a member. He first appeared in ''Alpha Flight'' #1 (Aug. 1983). Fictional character biography Roger Bochs was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. He was a brilliant engineer and mechanic who lost both of his legs. He created a remote-controlled robot which he called Box as a play on his own name. James Hudson saw Bochs' potential. He helped Bochs with the construction of Box and recruited him into Gamma Flight, a training program for the Canadian superhero group Alpha Flight, which was led by Hudson as Guardian. Bochs quickly graduated to Beta Flight, a group for more advanced superhero trainees, but the Canadian government dissolved Alpha Flight, and Beta Flight and Gamma Flight were cancelled. Some members of Beta Flight who were due to be promoted joined Alpha Flight when Heather Hudson contacted them unknowingly. Later, mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talisman (comics)
Talisman (Elizabeth Twoyoungmen) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history She first appeared as Elizabeth Twoyoungmen in ''Alpha Flight'' vol. 1 #5. The character was created by John Byrne. Fictional character biography Elizabeth Twoyoungmen was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, the daughter of Michael Twoyoungmen (who would later be the superhero Shaman of the Canadian superhero team Alpha Flight) and his wife Kathryn. Elizabeth became estranged from her father at the age of four after the death of her mother following an illness. Michael, a physician, had promised Elizabeth he would save Kathryn, and his failure led Elizabeth to be bitter and resentful toward him. As a college archaeology student, Elizabeth was excavating the site of the original Fort Calgary when she discovered a skull. When she touched it, an apparition appeared that only she could see. Frightened, she sought out her father, whom she recogn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vindicator (comics)
Vindicator (Heather MacNeil Hudson) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Following James Hudson's apparent death, Heather Hudson became the leader of Alpha Flight and took the mantle of Vindicator, which was also originally used by Heather's husband, although he eventually settles on the name Guardian. She eventually took her husband's mantle of Guardian, until she later resumed the codename Vindicator. Publication history Heather Hudson first appeared in ''The Uncanny X-Men'' #139 (Nov 1980) and was created by Chris Claremont and John Byrne. Fictional character biography Heather was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. She was originally a secretary at Amcam corporation, where she fell in love with James MacDonald Hudson. After he had stolen his power suit to prevent it from being used as a military weapon, Heather discovered his secret and decided to share it with him. Soon after they were married. Heather supported her husband ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puck (comics)
Puck is the codename of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The two characters are a father and daughter pair, who are both members of Alpha Flight, in the Marvel Universe. Publication history The first Puck debuted in ''Alpha Flight'' #1 (Aug 1983) and was created by John Byrne. He had intended for the original Puck to be a dwarf with no superhuman powers, merely great fighting and acrobatic skills; subsequent writer Bill Mantlo would retcon Puck's small stature as being due to mystical influences. Byrne commented on this, stating, "Of course, antlothen went on to do the 'origin' of Puck, with the whole 'demon inside' thing being based, apparently, on the single reference Puck had made to being in constant pain, something which Bill failed to grasp was an effect of the condition — achondroplasty, called by name in the same issue that referenced the pain — which caused Puck's dwarfism." Byrne has also stated that Puck was ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marrina Smallwood
Marrina Smallwood is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is a member of Alpha Flight and an honorary member of the Avengers. Publication history Marrina first appeared in ''Alpha Flight'' #1 (August 1983) and was created by John Byrne. Byrne has clarified that Marrina was created after the ''Alpha Flight'' title was green lit, and was not a character he had thought up earlier. ''Namor, the Sub-Mariner'' writer Glenn Herdling said that issue #61 was his favorite of the series, because "I had never been comfortable with how Namor had used the Black Knight's Ebony Blade to slay Marrina, even though she was a mindless leviathan at the time. Being slain by the Ebony Blade is a fate worse than death. The enchanted blade actually traps the souls of its victims in its obsidian void rather than allowing them to roam free to meet their eternal reward. In one fell stroke, Namor had condemned his wife's soul to an eternity of hell. Two yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
